Facing Lu Xingchuan’s blazing, furious face.
Shen Yan smiled with perfect composure. “Society’s castoff, a lover’s little pride!”
“You!” Lu Xingchuan exploded with rage.
“May I offer an explanation?”
The man standing beside Shen Yan suddenly spoke.
He raised the card in his hand and waved it.
“This card was given to us by the driver when we got on the bus. He said it was a task from the production team, asking us to play Truth or Dare on the way to break the ice. As it happened, the card Shen Yan drew before getting off was this one.”
The man showed everyone the card Shen Yan had drawn.
Shen Yan grinned at Lu Xingchuan. “I can’t hit a girl, and I definitely can’t hit Xie Li. To finish the task, I could only hit you. If Teacher Lu is unhappy, then why not just swallow it?”
Lu Xingchuan was almost furious enough to die on the spot.
But when he saw the camera guy getting out of the car, he guessed they really had been playing Truth or Dare.
After all, when they came over, there had been cameras in the car filming them the whole time.
Xie Li hadn’t expected Shen Yan to make such a huge splash the moment he arrived.
What’s more, this spotlight didn’t damage Shen Yan’s reputation in the slightest; instead, it made Xie Li’s own behavior just now look a little foolish.
He pressed his lips together lightly and said to Shen Yan, “I’m sorry. I misunderstood you just now. That was my mistake.”
Watching Xie Li lower himself to apologize to Shen Yan, Lu Xingchuan felt a surge of rage that could burn him alive. “What are you apologizing for? If he wants to hit someone, he can find a way no matter what. This isn’t your fault.”
He shot Shen Yan a cold look and said, “He’s just using this as an excuse.”
Xie Li’s expression turned a little pitiful. “I was wrong. When I saw Shen Yan was late, I was afraid he would take out his anger on the production team because of me… Anyway, I misunderstood.”
Xie Li once again dragged the topic back to Shen Yan being late.
After saying that, he looked at Shen Yan pitifully. “Can you forgive me?”
『Ahhh, stop bullying my baby!』
『Why is Shen Yan so annoying? Just because he can’t get Lu Xingchuan, he has to bully Xie Li like this? That’s disgusting!』
Xie Li looked at Shen Yan, waiting for him to speak.
No matter whether Shen Yan said he forgave him or not, it was a trap.
By then, the image he had just lost would be pulled back.
Shen Yan met Xie Li’s eyes for a brief moment, then turned and elbowed the man who had gotten off the car with him. “Xie Li says you were late. Hurry up and apologize, or else you’re letting the audience down and being a trashy piece of garbage with no class.”
『I’m literally laughing from anger! You tell other people to apologize, so why don’t you apologize yourself!』
The man frowned, raised his wrist to glance at his watch, then turned to ask the director, “The required arrival time is 9:30. Now, after all this pointless chatter, it’s 9:20. And somehow I was late? Is your production team’s sense of time a double standard? That’s unbelievably shameless.”
Xie Li’s face instantly stiffened.
Beside him, Shen Yan burst out laughing. “Hahahahaha, so it’s shamelessness after all!”
Xie Li really looked like he was about to cry.
『Damn! Who is this guy? So annoying!』
『What’s wrong with the production team? Even if it’s for ratings, there’s no need to invite such a disgusting guest!』
『Did he say something wrong? Xie Li was the one who insisted he was late. If he wasn’t late, can’t he even say one sentence in rebuttal?』
『Xie Li was only being kind. What did he do wrong!』
The bullet comments started arguing again.
At the show site.
Xie Li looked pitifully at the man beside Shen Yan. “Did Shen Yan say something that made you misunderstand me? I feel like you don’t really like me.”
The man smiled at Xie Li. “No. We started playing the game arranged by the production team as soon as we got on the bus, so we didn’t have time to chat about irrelevant people. But your feeling isn’t wrong. I do dislike you a little.”
All the color drained from Xie Li’s face.
His voice trembled. “Have I offended you?”
Lu Xingchuan’s expression changed immediately. Wrapped in a surge of anger, he spoke harshly to the man in front of him. “You can choose not to film. Why do you have to target a guest on the show and embarrass him?”
The man looked at Lu Xingchuan. “He didn’t know right from wrong and came down on Shen Yan with a verbal beating, accusing him of using his position for revenge. Then he kept insisting we were late, and he didn’t exactly make us look good either. He wronged me. Am I supposed to like him? I’m not that cheap!”
『So gross!』
『A man with a heart as tiny as a needle tip has to be pretty miserable in real life.』
『A man like that still dares to claim he likes Little Li?』
After finishing with Lu Xingchuan, the man smiled and nodded at Bai Jing and Song Qianshan beside him. “Hello, beautiful ladies. I’m Pei Heng, thirty years old, and my life isn’t going all that well. I’m merely the chairman of the Huancheng Group, the richest in Licheng.”
『…』
『…』
『Even if he’s the richest, he can’t just bully people, can he? So what if he’s rich? Pfft!』
Shen Yan looked at Lu Xingchuan and Xie Li, smiling with innocent sincerity. “Why did you suddenly stop talking? Were you born not to talk?”
Lu Xingchuan: …
Xie Li never imagined that on the very first day of the opening, he would offend Pei Heng in this way.
This time, he really couldn’t hold back anymore.
Tears immediately spilled down his face. His eyes were red and his face was pale; anyone looking at him would think he was pitiful and fragile beyond measure.
He stepped forward, choking back sobs and trembling. “President Pei, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean it. I was just afraid that Shen Yan would misunderstand me…”
Pei Heng didn’t even make a sound. He only looked toward the director.
Director: …
He was done for!
He really had the worst luck in eight lifetimes!
He had clearly invited Pei Heng’s younger brother, Pei Ning.
It was said that Pei Ning also liked Xie Li. If you added Lu Xingchuan, Shen Yan, and Pei Ning together, the show effects would be unimaginable.
By then, as the director, he couldn’t even imagine how lively it would be!
And yet!
When they set out early this morning, it suddenly changed: Pei Ning had been hospitalized because he was so excited his heart rate became irregular.
For the sake of contract spirit.
The mighty Huancheng Group chairman, Pei Heng, would personally step in for his brother!
You really didn’t need to be this devoted to contract spirit!
Taking a deep breath, the director waved his hand.
A true warrior dares to face the dripping blood!
With a smile on his face, and even a hint of announcer’s cadence, the director lifted his chin and puffed out his chest. “All right, welcome everyone to ‘This Is a Dating Variety Show.’ Since everyone is so happy, let’s begin today’s first mini-game!”
『…』
『”Everyone is so happy”』
“To help everyone get to know each other better, our first mini-game is…”
“Ta-da-da-da!”
As soon as the director’s passionate words fell, a staff member pushed over a small cart.
There was a sign standing on the cart.
On the sign, glittering big letters read: Truth or Dare.
『Fuck!』
『Hahahahahahaha, holy shit, Truth or Dare!』
『Why are Xie Li’s and Lu Xingchuan’s fans not talking anymore? Were they born not to talk?』